Hello there, I have been investigating and reading the dhammapada for a tattoo I was thinking about getting. Now I'm fairly certain I have found a verse (sadly on the Internet) and was looking for confirmation of the verse(s). The verses I found are from the website http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/new/lesson/pali/lesson_pali3.htm which convientiently shows a romanization of the Pali as well as a deconstruction of the grammar. However I did find this on the Internet and I'd greatly appreciate any confirmation of the legitimacy and accuracy of this form of the dhammapada. Also, I'd like my tattoo to be in the devanagari script of Pali, as the roman script seems somewhat artificial. In particular, I was looking for the devanagari Pali versions of verses 202 and 251; which (if the above site is trustworthy), are somewhat like this:

There is no fire like passion. There is no evil like hatred. There is no suffering like the Aggregates of existence. There is no happiness higher than tranquility.

If anyone could please confirm the legitimacy of the website that would be deeply appreciated. If the site is legitimate (it's the actual dhammapada) I would greatly appreciate Pali devanagari scripts of the above verses.

Thank you so very much, my friend!!!! I've been looking for the devanagari of the dhammapada for months now, thank you for the great links and amazing response time. This will definitely be very useful to me; I've been slowly learning to read Pali, though I'm still beginning. Again thank you, you have saved me hours upon hours of Internet binging.

I have also been searching for a Pali/Devanagari transaltion of Verse 61: If a person seeking a companion cannot find one who is better than or equal to him, let him resolutely go on alone; there can be no companionship with a fool. I would like to have this as a tattoo but do not want the Romanized text. Can you give me any help? Thank you.

tomwest wrote:I have also been searching for a Pali/Devanagari transaltion of Verse 61: If a person seeking a companion cannot find one who is better than or equal to him, let him resolutely go on alone; there can be no companionship with a fool. I would like to have this as a tattoo but do not want the Romanized text. Can you give me any help? Thank you.

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चरञ्‍चे नाधिगच्छेय्य, सेय्यं सदिसमत्तनो।

एकचरियं दळ्हं कयिरा, नत्थि बाले सहायता॥hope this is the right one I do not understand the script but it should be the one

This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!Blog,-Some Suttas Translated,Ajahn Chah."Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."

tomwest wrote:Thank you. Can this be confirmed by anyone? I would hate to put the wrong one on my body, but then, they are all true, so it wouldn't be a disaster!

I am 99% sure it is the correct one. but as I say...

This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!Blog,-Some Suttas Translated,Ajahn Chah."Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."

tomwest wrote:One question - are those two commas that I see within the script? Would they be removed to make it correct?

I have no idea to be honest, but I am assuming they have been put in to break the sentence up propperly? the lines at the end I assume are ; or : and .

This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!Blog,-Some Suttas Translated,Ajahn Chah."Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."